Search Results postcode - 3134 year - 2017

Villa Marine Holiday Apartments is located at Yorkeys Knob Beach just 10-15 minutes north of Cairns, at the Cairns northern beaches. We are a holiday complex of 9..

Come and visit our little house of sustainability, Barrett House, in celebration of National Sustainable House Day. Part of a joint project between Woollahra,..

This is an owner-built and -designed solid timber house. The aim was to design a self-performing passive house that is comfortable for living, blends into the..

This is an ongoing retrofit of a typical inner-Melbourne home and garden addressing a broad suite of considerations for sustainable living. A house in transition from..

This single-storey house was constructed in 2010. It is located in a 'shared backyard' setting, which was evolved over 25+ years by a small group of long-term..

If GPS says you can go through Yarrabilba, you can't. Guided tours will depend on the volunteers to register visitors turning up. :-) In 2018 I have these free plants..

Come and visit Jaspar's home and gardens; we have the following house features for discussion: - solar panels provide low-cost electricity - LED/energy efficient lights..

FOLD PACK PAVILION prototype is a small project that set about testing a big idea. The Pavilion is distinctly innovative in that all its complete elements (floors,..

The unique design of the Convertible House with its barrel vault ceiling gives a small space a big feel. The aim was to create a home that had minimal impact on the..

Our two-storey home, with 50km of views over national parks to the South East Ranges, took four years to build to 2010. The strawbale walls rendered internally with..

The owners of this award-winning house wanted a sustainable home that would cater for their growing family and a separate granny flat for overseas visitors – all with..

The renovation to our old house has been designed around passive solar design principles. The rear of our home is angled at 45 degrees to promote cross-flow ventilation..

This container house was always about economy, energy efficiency and sustainability, and how to do as much as possible on a very limited budget. However, the scale..

To contact Cameron: cameron.munro@yahoo.com. We've transformed an old weatherboard house into a modern, comfortable and super-energy-efficient home using Passivhaus..

This home is built from recycled shipping containers. The 40ft container provides for kitchen, living, dining and bathroom, with a 6.5m double-glazed low-e glass stacker..

Yaegl House is a novel restoration of a 65-year-old mid-century family home (designed by Studio Nine and rebuilt by ODM Group) in the quiet foothills of Adelaide...

This edible landscape is based around permaculture and horticultural techniques. Work has progressed from last year with the running of hydroponics, aquaponics and an..

The Eastern Innovation Business Centre (EIBC) is a small business incubator, focusing on science, technology and research-based businesses. There are two booking times..

This two-bedroom, one-bathroom home was built with strawbale for its unique insulating properties. Orientation of the main living areas towards the north allows-in the..

This house has been designed with comfort and energy efficiency in mind. Orientation of the home was custom-designed to suit the block of land, and to maximise northern..

All tours for this house are now booked out for 2018 Tickets are $5 each (children 12 years or younger, free). All profits will go to the Alternative Technology..

This house has been designed for the 'down-sizer'. It incorporates solar orientation, reverse brick veneer construction, 2 bedrooms, study, one bathroom (no ensuite/s),..

This generous 645 square metre site is redeveloped to accommodate two 7.7 Star townhouses, each with space for parking, productive gardens and trees. The rear unit is..

This house was designed after a previous home was destroyed by fire in 2009. It was built to be energy efficient and easy to maintain, using the principles developed for..

The retrofitted house has been designed to appeal to older clients nearing retirement. Many of these people are 'empty nesters' – parents whose children have moved on,..

LAST TIME TO BE VIEWED Janine's passive solar home features an exposed concrete slab facing northwest, narrow build to increase air exchange, awning and sliding..

This 100-year-old workers cottage in Yarraville was painstakingly renovated with the goal of showcasing the best trends in local architectural design and sustainability...

PLEASE NOTE: To get here you must come via Don Rd, Nyora Rd, Moora Rd Ours is a very 'lived-in' owner-builder family house circa 2011. We live on a co-operative..

The house is up for sale for $465,000. It is an 8.1 Star-rated passive solar home with views of Bass Strait, purpose-designed for energy efficiency. With a 5.5kW..

Howard and Bernie had an energy-efficient sleepout designed and built that is attached to the existing house by a covered walkway, forming part of a complex of four..

The house was built in the early '80s under a pre-existing hayshed. This confers all the advantages of living under a huge roof, which include fire safety, generous..

This home is on the SHD Bus Tour – Environment House Bayswater. To book your seat, click here. There will be an electric vehicle (EV) in the driveway and the..

After renovating several houses, we thought it was time to do a final project to suit our retirement years and save money where possible. To reduce running costs, the..

Nine years ago I retired to this beautiful farm, set in some of the best vineyards in the world and surrounded by natural Australian bush with wildflowers and many..

This large five-bedroom home contrasts and complements other local open houses. It has numerous retrofit features, both passive design and active energy-efficiency..

Kingfisher House is a Recipe House home on a sloping site, using topography and lightweight building materials to achieve a sustainable and affordable house that..

Please note that the inside of this home will not be open in 2018. Visitors will be able to see the PV and battery setup, and speak to the owners about their home's..

Come and visit White Pebble House, winner of the Best Ecological Sustainable Design for Bayside in 2015. Tours will be conducted at 10.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm, and..

This home was designed to achieve a very energy-efficient 8 Star NatHERS rating and a Silver level Livable Housing Australia (LHA) rating. Designed and built by Eden..

This house is one of 12 in Australia built and certified to the international Passivhaus standard. It features high levels of insulation, thermal-bridge-free..

Tour bookings are now closed for 2018 If you're thinking of building/renovating, or buying an existing house, come and experience our passive home. You'll find out..

With our home, we have tried to use locally sourced and recyclable materials as much as possible. This includes secondhand windows and doors, locally sourced and..

The Passive Resistance House features a combination of lightweight timber construction and reverse brick veneer, Axon Scyon cladding and colorbond corrugated iron, with..

Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA) and the Alternative Technology Association (ATA) will each have a stall and members of each group will be available to..

Note: Only the garden is open to the general public. Real sustainability means growing your own food. It saves millions of litres of water used to grow crops and..

I wanted to reduce liabilities and the need to work for the man so we built a house that was inspired and balanced by off-grid and communal living, ethical and..

Last chance to visit this home, as it is now for sale. Our owner-built home is close to super-insulated, with: Load-bearing strawbale walls that are estimated to..

This contemporary, 8 Star, four-bedroom family home with study and studio is situated in 20 acres of eucalyptus forest, hidden on the extreme western edge of the Wombat..

The Link at Ginninderry is a multi-purpose community and information centre adjacent to the Strathnairn Arts Association. This centre will be the hub for a range of..

We are a couple of very environmentally conscious designers and builders. We wanted to build a thermally efficient building that is also healthy, using renewable..

Urgent Update - Accident on Bass Hwy - Alternate route via Woolamai Rd and Turnbull-Woolamai Rd Designed and built by The Sociable Weaver, the Cove design wraps..

With a mere 79m2 floor area, this award-winning yet humble home is a refreshing example of pared-back living in a purpose-built small house. The considered, honest..

The Dune showcases all the fundamentals of best-practice energy-efficient design and construction – including good orientation, quality insulation, cross-flow..

These two recently constructed houses on one block are the homes of a husband and wife (in their 70s), and of their son and his family of five people. Both houses are..

One2six Ashton is the architect's own house and home-office, west of Margaret River town, high on a slope overlooking the river valley and national park. The building is..

This small house was the realisation of a long-held goal to build a solar passive house for myself. I deliberately did not engage a professional architect because I..

We bought the house in 2008 with the express intention of renovating in a sustainable manner. It was opened in 2010 to 2012, with many visiting to explore the..

Permanora is a sustainable house located on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. It is a renovated 1960s cottage with both retrofitted and new sustainability features,..

Energy-efficient three-bedroom house built on a compact 400m2 allotment with high levels of thermal mass from reverse brick veneer design, large concrete block wall..

A TS4 Living home that proves you don’t need to demolish the past to live in the future. The brief: take a small, poorly orientated listed cottage built in 1904 and..

Earthship Ironbank is Australia's first council-approved Earthship, and it's also a BnB for everyone to enjoy! The purpose of this building is to educate people about..

Our SpurTopia Homestead is aiming to be self-sufficient (energy, water, food and waste-free) to showcase our home for people to come and be inspired. Applying a..

At Huon Bush Retreats, we do more than just greenwash. We have designed our business so that there is a net environmental benefit. We achieve this through protection of..

The Eco Living Display Centre is a retrofitted building that displays a range of energy-saving ideas, including solar passive design, thermal mass, hydronic heating,..

Visit two Passive Houses on one block in Queanbeyan. One overhaul retrofit to EnerPHit and one New Build Passive House – both at different stages of..

All tours for this house are booked out for 2018 All profits will go to the ATA to support Sustainable House Day 2019. At first glance, MM House’s striking forms..

Built by The Sociable Weaver and designed in collaboration with Clare Cousins Architects, The 10 Star Home is Victoria's first 10 Star home and the first home to be 10..

The Cape Display is an 8.2 Star energy-efficient, all-electric double-storey home featuring very high levels of integrated sustainability. It is the first of 220 homes..

Situated in a Fremantle heritage precinct, sandwiched between Wray Avenue and South Terrace, "LittleHouse18" on Little Howard street is an owner-build project that sets..

Visit two Passive Houses on one block in Queanbeyan. One overhaul retrofit to EnerPHit and one New Build Passive House – both at different stages of..

Cortes Kiln is an Airbnb weekender in the Victorian High Country nestled amongst the trees on a 94-year-old walnut farm, designed for couples to decompress and..

We have a grid-connected as well as standalone PV system and evacuated tube solar hot water system. The house is brick veneer and 35 years old, on 600m2 of land. We..

HayDaze is built with straw bales in a octagonal shape with recipricol roof. Both load bearing, post and beam construction with mezzanine upstairs that overlooks the..

Our project was kickstarted after we completed a sustainability building course, which inspired us to use the German 'Passivhaus' concept to design and build a simple,..

We saw potential in this '60s brick veneer: easy access to amenities and public transport, good solar access and a workable floor plan. Since purchasing it in 2014,..

Please call on the day (03) 5186 1333 to check the condition of our road.  After rains, sometimes 4W or all-W drive is necessary.  We can pick up visitors at the..

- Solar passive design i.e. no conditioning, natural light, heating and cooling; - Universal design and future proofing – changeable structure i.e. stud walls, and..

Originally a woollen mill for over a century, The Mill is being revitalised into a modern, sustainable and attractive village. The Woollen Mill House is a medium density..

We recently completed our passive solar designed house and home office in River Street, nestled behind the dunes of Carlton Beach and opposite a beautiful wetland..

Manoora Community Garden's motto is to grow, eat, educate and connect with the purpose of bringing the community together in a vibrant space of nourishment. Built for..

We purchased the cheapest place in town, an asbestos 70's beach house, 10 years ago and renovated it into a cozy sustainable and beautiful family home. With a 2.6KW..

The design draws on inspiration from surrounding examples of vernacular farmhouses and shedding which have endured the ravages of time and use. The new building will..

Note: Tours for this house are now fully booked.  This subtropical renovation has not only connected a New Farm house with its lush garden but converted a ‘rarely..

Our house has been built to the Passivhaus (Passive House) standard. Instead of thermal mass and cross ventilation, the house is standard stumps and timber frame..

iCUE Homes has designed a tiny house that uses the latest in building technology to produce a fully off grid tiny home that can be flat packed and sent anywhere in the..

This elongated home capitalises on its position, elevated above an infrequent creek with views across the landscape; one of few clearings on a property that typifies the..

This home was designed with modest energy efficiency goals in mind but after construction commenced was transformed following the stringent German Passivhaus..

Winner of the 2017 BDAWA award for Best Small Lot Home, this 3 level house makes the most of its narrow and sloping site to achieve an innovative and sustainable..

SICE+WOOD launch the first HIA Green Smart Certified granny flat for NSW, in the city of Penrith. This sustainable build ticks all the right boxes: low environmental..

Cape Tribulation Tropical Research Station 8.5 Ha re-forested property at Cape Tribulation (grassland in 1988!) - now a small, independent biological and conservation..

Affordable 8 star home of modern size on a small block was the build parameters (don't forget the granny flat): Start with the cheapest most durable building..

2 story, 4x3 ICF and colourbond fully insulated dwelling, including insulated garage door. Tilt and turn windows (sized to orientation), double glazed doors which allow..

Treeview@ Yandina Creek is a boutique self contained holiday cottage designed and built on sustainability principles from the roof to the organic cotton/bamboo..

This light-filled home is purpose-built for a retired couple. Their lifestyle is reflected by the dedicated study, studio (optionally 3rd and 4th bedrooms), garden and..

- east-west alignment with extensive north-facing sun catchment - just one bedroom - separate retreat with study and guest accommodation - outside fireplace and..

This home captures the true essence of tropical living with high cathedral ceilings, timber bi-fold doors and large deck areas surrounding the pool area. The main..

This typical early century weatherboard home is an example of how hydronic heating can be easily retrofitted into any home to provide constant, allergy free heating...

Please Note: (a) Street parking only. (b) Guided tours every 30 minutes (:00 and:30). Self-guided tour available by request on the day. Feel-good solar passive home..

Solar panels Large fixed panel glass windows fitted throughout house for natural light Lower glass louvers fitted in bedrooms for 100 % ventaliation and natural light..

Tassie is a rich place, full of marvellous contrasts. When roadtripping around the state, one moment you’ll be enveloped in the silent, timeless beauty of the natural..

Rain Water Tank Water efficient showerheads, tap-wear and toilets Insulation in the walls, floors and ceilings Draught proofing Passive Design including..

The 'Eskihaus' was designed and built on a modest project home budget, using Passivhaus building principles as a guide. These include: high levels of insulation, high..

Off grid, passive solar, strawbale and poured earth construction, home milled timber, recycled red brick and timber floors, recycled/re-purposed double glazed windows,..

The Quindalup small house has been developed as a reaction to Australia’s fixation on building big for the sake of it. We currently build bigger houses than America,..

Featuring an effective passive solar design, plenty of salvaged and recycled materials, and an innovative whole-block water harvesting system, this little owner-built..

The Seebreez in Manly is a light filled modern home that promotes the cooling summer breezes through the louvre windows to help keep this home cool in summer. Designed..

The Lepus House is a Modern design Strawbale House situated between Geelong and Torquay, in Mount Duneed. The House get's it's name from a family of Hares who took..

The Solstice House provides a practical solution for small blocks with every amenity that a larger house offers with a footprint of only 113m2. Ideal for inner city..

The home takes advantage of natural breezes by utilizing the largest possible openings by extensive use of louvers and bi-fold and stacking doors systems. This, along..

The West Brunswick Sustainable House was Victoria's first grid connected solar powered house. In 2017 the house is celebrating 21 consecutive years of generating a..

The Green Retreat is designed and built to the Passivhaus standard; this standard developed in Germany sets stringent limits on a building’s energy consumption (in..

An Australian hand made tiny house on wheels, built primarily using reclaimed timber and steel. The tiny house on wheels was hand built at very low cost from recycled..

Unlimited potential, this one has it all There is nothing nicer than having the beautiful winter sun coming deep within the home. Once you have lived in a passive..

Passive solar principles: Orientation to let winter sun into the living spaces and exclude sun in summer (the 270-degree views from north to south include beautiful..

Passive solar design with PV array and solar thermal energy storage. Lightweight construction with high performance cladding and windows, thermal mass via polished..

A Garden Path house and productive garden/hobby farm has been developed so that we are as sustainable and self-sufficient as possible. We have our own firewood for..

The Nature Inspired Eco House is an inner city architectural masterpiece, designed by  local architect talent, Carla Karsakis of Etica Studio..

Another great example of Sustainable living in the Mill! This medium density development is surrounded by beautiful open space, so homes are designed to be small..

This three bed and two bath home has been renovated with passive solar design principles in mind to maximise the winter sun and cooling breezes. Using recycled yellow..

This home has had to be withdrawn due to the roads not being accessible due to heavy rain This Rammed Earth House is over 20 years old. The thermal properties of this..

Named after a local surf break, Cutlers is a beautifully designed and built 8.2 star single story home. This carbon neutral, energy and water efficient coastal home..

Dreamcatcher is an award winning sustainable home perched atop a hill surrounded by mountains and rainforest in tropical far north Queensland. This pavilion style..

These two small strata title units have been built on a treed site in the shadows of Mt Wellington, 10 minutes from the city of Hobart. They have been oriented for..

The house is a typical passive solar home with earth bricks, made onsite, providing almost all of the thermal mass. The north aspect provides maximum solar access for..

We are a very short stroll from the main street in Woodend, which is 60 minutes by train from Melbourne. We wanted a modern house, not fancy, that would be low..

Exterior walls 400mm stone, Interior walls Iron Bark timber, they do not reach the rake ceiling providing cross flow ventilation through the French doors and windows in..

Stand alone power 4.8kw 250,000 lt water supply Biolytix water treatment Own Meat supply House costs less than $2000 a year to run including, gas, power,..

Contemporary innovative designed home to optimise passive solar gain in our cool temperate zone. High internal thermal mass with heavy insulated perimeter / envelope...

Optimising cross flow ventilation and passive solar design principles this 1880's terrace house with a recently refurbished 1970's extension now works with the climate..

The site is situated between a busy road and a railway line, so sound proofing and privacy had to be built-in, and the house was also to be completely 'off-grid'. After..

The owners of this property built there strawbale home on what was formally a harvested pine plantation Through years of hard work they have transformed this derelict..

Our 1940s cottage in Ainslie has been rebuilt (extended, retrofitted and renovated) with the following sustainable features: passive solar design: plenty of north..

The materials used were chosen to reduce the embodied energy of the building Passive solar, energy efficient architecture appropriate to semi-arid region ..

Likely the most sustainable smaller community housing project in Australia. Placed in the middle of the town of Denmark,  a Common House on 5000m2 with 12 home units to..

We have lived in Tropical House for 9 years and it has lived up to the expectations that went into the planning – to build an affordable, environmentally friendly..

An Earthship home is a radically sustainable home, using waste products and re-purposing them into building materials to achieve a highly thermal efficient home...

This tiny home is clever example of less is more. At only 8m x 9m it features an open plan living, dining, kitchen and has a separate bedroom and bathroom. Simple..

If you are interested in Earth Building in the city then stop by The Secret Garden (NWDS). You'll find different examples of earth building using minimal cement,..

The house was created as a home for family of 6, with room for a good size garden. The house is part of a parkland estate with view of and direct access to the park..

Arvio's display home was designed by Paul Wilson and his team at Arvio. It follows Passivhaus design principals. It has 20kW PV array. 96kWh of Hitachi Battery Storage,..

Unfortunately this home has had to withdraw for opening in 2018, stay tuned next year for your chance to visit in 2019 Since November 1996: Not connected to town..

This house needed to be many things; a meld of our South African, Dutch and Australian cultures; we are planning to grow old in this house so it had to be suitable for..

North facing orientation of main living area.  Double brick walls with insulation.  Insulation to ceiling and roof space.  Windows that open to allow cross..

PLEASE NOTE: This house will be shown by tour only. Tours will start on the hour. First tour 10am. Last tour 3pm. This home is still under construction; by Sustainable..

This passive solar designed home is concrete free and made from Hempcrete with lime render, including most of the internal walls. By reducing the chemicals commonly used..

The Bunker was extended and renovated with a young growing family in mind. The owners were very conscious of sustainability and wanted a healthy, low impact, energy..

We are situated on a hectare deliberately chosen between town and the coast. We designed our home to have a low running cost and to be comfortable to live in with no..

Our recently completed passive solar home on a semi-rural property was designed and orientated to maximise northern exposure as well as views down the valley to the..

Stucco is a housing co-operative for low-income students of the University of Sydney. It has 46 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms in this heritage listed building. In..

The name Rainbow House is from the unexpected delight of the sun refracting off the louvre edges in different parts of the house throughout the day. This is a house..

Passive solar design principles with living areas and courtyards facing north. Minimal areas of glazing facing west and east. Appropriate shading to all glazing allowing..

The beautifully crafted studio hovers above the ground on a timber platform (elevated to reduce mould) which extends beyond the walls as a perimeter deck. The..

Built facing north to passive solar design principles with polished concrete floor for thermal mass, high levels of wall and ceiling insulation to keep the temperatures..

We knew from the time we started designing our home that this was our forever home, our dream home, so we had to get it right. We had to future proof the house and make..

This house will appeal to anyone planning to make an older house built on piers to be more energy and water efficient. Soil in the neighbourhood has been assessed as..

Our split-level ‘recycled house’ is a Post-WW11 open-plan house, rescued from the wrecker’s ball in Vermont, near Melbourne. Ceiling to floor windows along the..

Inner city Edwardian brick bungalow on a generous plot with an architect-designed renovation.  The sleep out was demolished to make way for a small extension, while the..

We built our passive solar house in 1988, with a view to living as sustainably as possible. As technology has improved and become more affordable we have added..

This is a new holiday house on a north-facing block, built in reverse brick veneer, with a polished concrete floor on the lower level and bamboo flooring for the upper..

One of the few buildings in the world certified as Passivhaus Plus and the only one outside Europe. A small house in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. To minimise..

Since acquiring the land my design plans and ideas were very simple and clear. May 2016, excavate the dam and groundworks inc house site before the winter rains..

As with all our previous display homes, The Sea breeze sets us apart from other builders as we continue to showcase practical, cost effective and sensible building in..

A super functional family home that is connected to site. GoodHouse16 is a wonderful example of simple design that exploits all the site has to offer. A large ‘hole’..

Lake Road House uses key elements of solar passive design to moderate extremes of temperature in Climate Zone 27, and provides a comfortable living environment for a..

Comfortable family home beautifully designed. North facing, front garden view, on nature reserve. Solar Passive with open plan kitchen & dining Large front..

Sandralina is built with timbercrete and double brick insulated walls. Designed to make the most of the northern orientation making this home warm and cosy in winter and..

See a home backyard biogas system in action and the inside of a native bee-hive when being split at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. We cook whenever we can on our..

The house has been designed by Caroline Pidcock and Associates The brief was an eco-friendly, 3 bedroom house in keeping with the area, with bedrooms at the back of..

This ex-Government house has been renovated into a sustainable home that is both energy efficient and comfortable. Our power bills have been drastically reduced, as our..

Unfortunately this home has had to withdraw from 2018, stay tuned as they hope to reopen in 2019 This is a fantastic secondary residence in a family collective built..

Yr Ogof Ddyn - Welsh for the Man Cave This small house has become a local attraction in Wilby, built using clay, straw, sand and water. Keen to reduce any impact on..

Renovated and remodelled 1970s house to achieve solar passive design with polished cement floor in daily living spaces, double glazed windows and rendered 75mm thick..

The Strawbale Eco-Farmhouse, is a super insulated, passive solar heated home that stays warm from autumn through to spring utilising mass collected in the coloured..

Designed around solar passive, sustainable, energy efficient and forever functional principles, Green Draft's newest home has created healthy and comfortable year round..

The house was designed by Paul Dolphin Designs as his family home. Paul is a Sustainable Building Designer and the house is designed to showcase how specifying the..

This modern two bedroom passive solar home was built for comfort and universal access. Fixed sun control louvres  are fitted along the North facing windows which..

Designed and constructed by Eco Essence Homes, this large three-bedroom standalone house has the ecological footprint of one much smaller. Orientation and glazing..

Come on down on September 16th or 17th and join one of the many guided tours around Chris' Hami Hill Home. We're opening up this amazing house between 10am and 4pm so..

This house on a rural property in Wanneroo, north of Perth, was owner-designed and built in 1990. It features a north-facing passive solar design with shade provided in..

This early 1980s brick veneer house has been renovated and extended with sustainable design principles. Orange is generally a cold climate and heating is a priority...

Our house is an Earth sheltered steel tunnel structure that has been used in the mining sector for around 75 years. The massive corrugated steel panels are bolted..